A Turkish asylum-seeker’s dreams of a new life in New York lasted only two months, his hopes for a brighter future stolen by an accused drunken driver. Abdulhekim Esiyok’s journey began in Dogubeyazit, Azri, Turkey, less than 23 miles from the Iranian border, before ending in the fatal June 4 crash at Third Ave. and E. 21st St. near Manhattan’s Gramercy Park. “He always mentioned New York as a ...

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